- Curriculum Vitae - B. Kralova
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Natural products of extremophiles · Antimicrobial compounds · Microbial specialised metabolites · Evolution of specialised metabolites under extreme conditions · Genome-mining approaches · Biomedical potential of microbial metabolites · Mechanisms of cold adaptation · Bacterial systematics · Phylogenomics
POSITION(S) AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
6/2025-present: MASH StG/CoG Group Leader & Assistant Professor
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology/ Faculty ofPharmacy/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic
1/2025 - present: Junior Group Leader
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry/ Faculty of AgriSciences/ Mendel University in Brno/ Czech Republic
1/2022 - 12/2024: Postdoctoral researcher (Maria-Curie Sklodowska Action Programme)
- Department of Microbial Ecology/ Centre for Microbiology and environmental Systems Science/ University of Vienna/ Austria
10/2014 – 12/2021: Researcher
- Czech Collection of Microorganisms/ Department of Experimental Biology/ Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic
07/2019 – 12/2021: Researcher
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology/ Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC/Czech Republic
10/2015 – 06/2019: Biology Teacher
- Gabra education s.r.o./Czech Republic
EDUCATION
07/2014 – 04/2019 PhD.
- Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic
12/2017 – 12/2017 RNDr.
- Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic
07/2012 – 06/2014 MSc.
- Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic
06/2009 – 06/2012 BSc.
- Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic
FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDINGS AND AWARDS
06/2025-present MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (MASH StG/CoG) (4-year funding)
- Project entitled ´Extremophiles as a Source of Next-Generation Bioactives´, ID: MUNI/SC/1946/2024 , role: PI
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology/Faculty of Pharmacy/ Masaryk University/Brno/Czech Republic
01/2025-present Standard Project from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (3-year funding)
- Project entitled ´Exploration of ribosomally synthesized natural product diversity in Antarctic extremophiles´, ID: 25-17343S, role: PI
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of AgriSciences/Mendel University in Brno/Brno/Czech Republic
01/2024-12/2024 MSCA extra funding by the University of Vienna
- Role: PI
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science/Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science/University of Vienna/Vienna/Austria
01/2022-12/2023 MSCA Individual Fellowship funded by MSCA Programme as an integral part of Horizon 2020
- Project entitled ´Establishing defined communities of Antarctic soil bacteria as potential sources of antimicrobials´ , DEFCOMANT, ID: 101020356, Role: PI (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101020356)
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science/Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science/University of Vienna/Vienna/Austria
01/2022-present MSCA Individual Fellowship funded by MSCA Programme as an integral part of Horizon 2020
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science/Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science/University of Vienna/Vienna/Austria
01/2018-06/2018 Research Internship
- College of Sciences and Mathematics/ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Auburn/ USA
11/2015-4/2017 Internships (five weeklong visits)
- Institute of Bacteriology, Mycology and Hygiene/ University of Veterinary Medicine/Vienna/Austria
07/2015-07/2015 Internship
- Faculty of Sciences/ Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University/ Belgium
07/2014-07/2014 Internship
- Department of Microbiology/ Labor INVITRO - Veterinary Diagnostic and Hygiene Laboratory in Vienna/ Austria
06/2012-07/2012 Internship
- Department of Bacteriology, Veterinary Research Institute in Brno/ Czech Republic
2023 Young Blood Award
- awarded by the weekly Euro●, Prague, Czech Republic
2022 Creative Hero Award Czech Republic
- awarded by The Netherlands-Czech Chamber of Commerce, Prague, Czech Republic
2022 Falling Walls Lab Czech Republic winner
- awarded by the Falling Walls Lab National Committee. Prague, Czech Republic
2020 The Young Microbiologist Award
- awarded by the Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology. Prague, Czech Republic
2019 The Dean's Award for excellent research and creative activities
- awarded by the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Brno, Czech Republic
01/2018-06/2018 FEMS Research Grant
- by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies/ Netherland
01/2014-12/2016 PhD. Talent Scholarship Award
- awarded by South Moravian Centre for international mobility, Z.S.P.O./Czech Republic
2014 Academic Honours Scholarship
- by the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University/Czech Republic
2013-2017 Scholarships (n=5)
- by the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University/Czech Republic
2012 Scholarship
- by the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University/Czech Republic
SUPERVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND INTERNS
9/2016-present
- Bachelor thesis (3, finished supervision; 2, ongoing consultation)
- Master thesis (3, ongoing supervision; 1, ongoing consultation; 3, opponent)
- PhD thesis (1, opponent)
7/2016-present
- Foreign internship supervision (2, finished supervision)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2022-present
- CORE042-Data cycle in microbiology lecture/ Cybersecurity and Data Management Division/Institute of Computer Science/Masaryk University/ Czech Republic
2020-present
- Lector of Accredited Programs by MYES and Microbiome Lectures at the Fitness Institute, s.r.o./Czech Republic
2016-present
- Bachelor thesis course EMB1, EMB2 /Department of Experimental Biology/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic
2014-2020
- Teaching assistance – Taxonomy of Prokaryotes – practical course/ Department of Experimental Biology/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
9/2017-9/2017
- Main member of the organising committee of the XXXVI Annual Meeting of the European Culture Collections' Organisation (ECCO 2017), 13-15.09.2017/ 98 participants/ Czech Republic
RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS ATTENDED
- 1/2019-3/2019 James Ross Island/Antarctica, Project: Isolation of antimicrobials producing bacteria from Antarctic soils